Cantonese English Dictionary Reviews

Before CantoneseEnglishDictionary updated, it was my favorite dictionary app! The definitions are accurate and had nice formatting. But now, with the new version of CantoneseEnglishDictionary , I can’t open CantoneseEnglishDictionary at all! It just loads for two seconds and then crashes completely. It doesn’t even show up on my running apps page, it just closes itself seconds after I click to open CantoneseEnglishDictionary .

CantoneseEnglishDictionary is defective since the update to include ads. Developer is making no attempt to fix the problem. Too bad since it was one of my favorite Chinese apps.

CantoneseEnglishDictionary stopped working about a month or two ago. I write to their contact email and got no response. Today I decided to try deleting it and then reinstalling it. Now it works again.

This is exactly what it’s called, a dictionary. I’m a native Cantonese speaker. I have been using CantoneseEnglishDictionary to make connections to Mandarin words.
And the only best use so far I’ve found is to search by Chinese characters to see how they’re pronounced in Canto (pronunciations are spot on A+). Aside from that, all else is very limited. Translating from English is limited to mostly single words. Put in two or more and it doesn’t always give you a translation. Basically don’t expect this to be like Google Translation which is also still very limited with Cantonese, too. Tip: if you searched Chinese words that you heard in Mandarin and it doesn’t give any results, it’s likely not used in that way in Canto.

I have no complaints about the dictionary itself, other than the fact that there aren’t full sentences, but the main drawback is the extremely outdated, frustrating interface.

The worst part is the lag. I think this is done on purpose because there is always and extremely annoying ad banner up top that does not show up immediately. When you go to press the first word on something you have looked up, everything will instantly shift downward, and the ad will sneakily pop up, forcing you to press that instead.

Also, in order to go to a previous screen, instead of being able to swipe right like on most apps, you have to press the back button.

Bookmarks are also frustrating because they don’t list the ping yum, so if you forgot how to pronounce certain characters, you’ll have to click on each one to find out.

I'm a Chinese mandarin native and English as a second language. I'm using the iPad app to learn Cantonese since I like Cantonese songs so much.

iPad has a large screen, so actually more stuff can be put together to enhance the efficiency.

1. I hope when I input something in the search bar, for each item shown below there are a horn icon and a star icon on the right side so that I can hear the pronunciation and add the correct item in the favorite list immediately without entering into the detailed page.

2. I the favorite list view, I hope the Cantonese pinyin and the horn icon is shown as well so that I can immediately pronounce and hear the sound without entering into the detailed page.

3. I hope I can sort the favorite list by Cantonese vowels or date added, etc.

One of the best cantonese apps I could find. I grew up speaking cantonese, but as i got older I lost a lot of my ability to understand it. Some the pronounciation could use work. One suggestion is the measure words. I've always had a hard time learning the measure words that go along with nouns, so it would be very useful if they were included in the detailed page.

please fix some of the audio sometimes it sounds static

Useful in searching words I don’t know. Love the audio function. Wish I was able to translate sentences though.

Wish it translated whole sentences. Currently only translates one word at a time. Cantonese accent sounds accurate. Also, sometimes the Cantonese audio will not work, but the English and mandarin audio does.

but it’d be nice if you had the option between pinying and jyutping, instead of the random mix that CantoneseEnglishDictionary currently has. Also it’d be nice if you could search words based on their jyutping/pinying.

The overall application was awesome and even better than other competitives; however, the reason I gave 4 stars only was the annoying typing delay/lag!

Please fix it!

I’ve been trying to find a good cantonese dictionary and this is great! Cantonese is definitely a niche language to learn but millions speak it and its something we need to preserve!

I’m a native speaker of Cantonese and I’m using CantoneseEnglishDictionary to teach my daughter who was born in the US and doesn’t speak much Chinese. The experience has been great.

I like CantoneseEnglishDictionary. At first I thought it was like you type it in from English to Cantonese but like they say “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover.” When I mean that, you just only type in a word, not a whole sentence. Overall it’s really great for someone who wants to learn the Cantonese the language or who is a tourist.

Very accurate translation, especially for profanity.

I needed to use this to translate for my job for patients and it was extremely helpful because I couldn’t remember certain vocabulary words. I hated the ads but paid a fair price to get rid of it. I think there should be some updates where there are vocabulary for different occupations like the medical field. I worry that I am not using the correct term when I explain stuff so if there could be these changes, it would help a lot! :)

It definitely works. Thanks for making CantoneseEnglishDictionary!
iPhone 8 with iOS 13.3

Please less advertising

I downloaded CantoneseEnglishDictionary about a decade ago and it was basically the only reason why I survived Cantonese classes in Hong Kong. The classes I took were for non-Chinese students, but they were still really difficult, especially for someone who had zero knowledge in Cantonese. And the school I went to actually placed me in a class where the students had already taken at least 3 years of Cantonese classes because I went to Hong Kong halfway through high school.

I’m happy to see how much CantoneseEnglishDictionary has improved since then and hope the developer keeps up the great work. And thank you for helping me survive high school. :)